Total number of customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project

364,907

Total number of residential customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project

328,553

Total number of commercial customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project

36,306

Total number of industrial customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project

48

Total number of distribution circuits within utility service territory

250

Total number of distribution substations

79

Portion of distribution system with SCADA prior to SGIG/SGD program

0

Portion of distribution system with distribution automation (DA) prior to SGIG/SGD program

0

Electric distribution system

%

Description

Portion of distribution system with SCADA due to SGIG/SGD program

1.00%

This project consists of 8 distribution feeders, which all have SCADA . This project represents a very small percentage of EPE's distribution system.

Portion of distribution system with DA due to SGIG/SGD program

2.60%

This project automated all feeders within this project and will are the only DA feeders in EPE's distribution system. The Santa Teresa Automation has been in service and the Van Horn Automation was installed in Q3 2012.

DA devices installed and operational

Quantity*

Description

Cost

Automated feeder switches

13

100% of the Santa Teresa and Van Horn DA devices are in place and in service. DA devices include Cooper Reclosers, SEL/G&W Reclosers, SATEC meters and SEL 351s relays.

$206,136

Automated capacitors

0

$0

Automated regulators

0

$0

Feeder monitors

6

$74,789

Remote fault indicators

8

$0

Transformer monitors (line)

0

$16,523

Smart relays

8

Fault current limiter

0

$0

Other devices

8

$151,429

SCADA and DA communications network

Cost

Communications equipment and SCADA

$241,157

Distribution management systems integration

Integrated

Description

AMI

No

Outage management system

No

Distributed energy resource interface

No

Other

No

Distribution automation features / functionality

Function enabled

Description

Fault location, isolation and service restoration (FLISR)

Yes

The distribution automation system will include a Fault Detection, Isolation, and Restoration (FDIR) system. The FDIR portion of the System was activated in the first quarter of 2013.

Voltage optimization

Yes

For voltage optimization, new reverse power flow capable voltage regulators were installed at Alamo and Sierra Blanca Substations and one platform on the ALM-21 feeder. (The platform with mounted voltage regulators are referenced above.)

Feeder peak load management

Yes

The DA system manages the automated feeder loads by monitoring over load conditions and notifying system controllers if any is detected. The Santa Teresa and Van Horn automation system uses feeder monitors to create restoration plans.

Microgrids

No

Other functions

No

* In some circumstances, costs are incurred before devices are installed resulting in a reported cost where the quantity is zero.

* All dollar figures are the total cost, which is the sum of the federal investment and cost share of the recipient (the recipient cost share must be at least 50% of the total overall project cost).

** In some cases the number of entities reporting is greater than the total number of projects funded by the Recovery Act because some projects have multiple sub-projects that report data. View list of sub-projects.

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